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Argentine investors are increasingly pessimistic on the peso and expect a faster devaluation after November elections. Dollars trade at 196 pesos on the parallel market, almost double the official rate, the largest gap in 12 months.
Futures contracts imply a rate of 152.5 pesos per dollar by September 2022.
Expected devaluation would lower Argentine export prices in dollar terms and could weigh on world soymeal prices. The growing parallel premium also shows that currency controls are straining the country's trade flows.
batimes.com.arJames GraingerOct 21, 2021Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 117 past bearish macro events, Soybean Meal moved a median -0.6% over 5 sessions (41% higher; middle half -2.5% to +1.7%), and +0.5% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
